Welcome to theEHP’s newsletter issue 107. View the online version here.
In this weeks newsletter you will find an EU working conditions survey, the LGA calling for easier selective licensing, lots of prosecutions & jobs.
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I have produced a table of local authority prosecutions that will be used to formulate the prosecution statistics for 2013. Please take the time to check through the list and contact me if you feel I have missed prosecutions undertaken by your council. Please note that there is limited time available to amend your council’s prosecution details or submit comments. You can view the draft prosecution statistics here.
2012s statistical release is available below:
You can find all Top 10 Lists here. Below you will find 2013’s list so far:
- theEHP’s Top 10 Environmental Health Books 2013
- theEHP’s Top 10 Articles 2013
- theEHP’s Top 10 RPT Decisions 2013
- Top 10 Environmental Protection Articles 2013
- Top 10 Food Safety Articles 2013
- Top 10 Health & Safety Article 2013
- Top 10 Housing Article 2013
If you would like to submit an article or Podcast to theEHP, Contact Us for details. Looking forward to seeing you at theEHP.
Jobs
View the latest edition of Just Jobs on theEHP here.
Environmental Protection
Environmental Protection: Bilborough Man Guilty Of Fly Tipping
A Bilborough man was ordered to pay £906.50 last month after pleading guilty to fly tipping under Section 33 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990.
Environmental Protection: Brighton woman takes the rap for noise nuisance
A woman who breached a noise abatement notice after she allowed rap music and shouting to disturb the neighbours was fined just over £1,000 by Brighton magistrates last week.
Environmental Protection: Fly-tipping costs Weston man thousands
A man from Weston-super-Mare has been ordered to pay fines and costs of over £4,000 following a prosecution for fly-tipping brought by North Somerset Council.
Groupon Deals
Food Safety
Food Safety: FSA prosecutes slaughterhouse
The Food Standards Agency has welcomed the successful prosecution of a Cornwall-based slaughter house for a breach of the regulations introduced to control the risks from BSE.
Food Safety: Pizza and pasta restaurant fined £3,000 for food safety failures
The owner of a Kingston restaurant has been fined £3,000 for failing to keep his premises clean and breaking food hygiene rules.
Food Safety: St Ives Chinese and Thai Takeaway Prosecuted
On Wednesday 19 February 2014, Mr John Wong from St Ives Chinese and Thai Takeaway pleaded guilty to eight food hygiene offences at Peterborough Magistrates Court, in a case brought by Huntingdonshire District Council.
Food Safety: Mouse droppings cost restaurant £4000
A restaurant in Middle Street, Brighton, that pleaded guilty to four breaches of food hygiene was today ordered to pay over £4000 in fines, costs and victim surcharge at Brighton Magistrates Court.
theEHP Book Store
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- Manual of Housing Law – From £7.99 (88% off)
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- Master Handbook of Acoustics – From £13.00 (50% off)
View all Environmental Health Books here. If you think a book should be added to the store, please let us know.
theEHP’s Top 10 Environmental Health Books 2013 are available here.
Health & Safety
Health & Safety: EU Working conditions Survey
Stress clearly emerges as the most important perceived risk at work (for 53% of working respondents), according to a Eurobarometer survey, which looks at how the quality of work has been affected by the crisis.
Health & Safety: Restaurant owner fined more than £4k after chemical incident
A restaurant owner has been fined more than £4,000 and ordered to pay costs of £2,100 after a member of his staff was splashed in the face with caustic chemicals.
Housing
Housing: LGA – introducing selective licensing schemes should be easier
Tougher powers are needed by councils to tackle rogue landlords forcing tenants to live in ‘hell-hole homes’.
Housing: Firm admits safety breaches at house
An international service company has admitted breaches of safety regulations at an unlicensed property it operated.
Housing: Letting Agent sentenced for illegal eviction
A callous letting agent who waged a war of intimidation against a family living in a Newham property he managed, has been given a suspended prison sentence and told to complete 120 hours of community service.
Housing: Oxford landlord prosecuted for attempted eviction
A landlord has been prosecuted for attempting to illegally evict a young mother and her nine week old baby.
Housing: Oxford landlords prosecuted over HMO property
Two landlords have been prosecuted after Oxford City Council officers found that the property they were letting out was an unlicensed HMO (House in Multiple Occupation).
Public Health
Public Health: Restaurant owner fined for allowing customers to smoke
The manager of a Turkish restaurant in Brighton has been fined £260 after council officers found people smoking inside the premises.
Public Health: Shisha bar owners fined for breaking smoke-free laws
The owners of two shisha bars have been heavily fined for breaking smoke-free laws after separate investigations and prosecutions by Brent Council.
Feature Product
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There are three licensing options:
- Free – up to 3 employees
- £89+VAT – Single employer Unlimited employees.
- £199+VAT – Unlimited employers, Unlimited employees.
Free 60 Day Trial
You can installs a trial version, which you can use licence-free for sixty days at no cost and no credit card detail required.
Watch a Demo
You can watch a BrighPay Demo and a range of tutorials here.
RPT Decisions
